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Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin attends a plenary session at the Summit on Peace in Ukraine at the Burgenstock resort near Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 16, 2024. / Credit: ALESSANDRO DELLA VALLE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Rome Newsroom, Sep 18, 2024 / 13:20 pm (CNA). Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin met with…

Floods severely affected Heiligenkreuz in the Vienna Woods in Austria on Sept. 15, 2024. / Credit: Leopoldinum Seminary CNA Newsroom, Sep 18, 2024 / 11:52 am (CNA). Severe flooding has ravaged large parts of Central Europe, claiming at least 20 lives as numerous Church institutions have suffered significant damage.  Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, and…

The Church of St. James in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. / Credit: Miropink/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Sep 18, 2024 / 12:50 pm (CNA). After more than four decades of investigation into alleged Marian apparitions at Medjugorje in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the head of the Vatican’s doctrine office will hold a press conference Thursday about the “spiritual…

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Sep 18, 2024 / 08:54 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday said the Catholic Church is “more alive” outside of Europe as he reflected back on his recent apostolic journey to Southeast…